Fireproof casing for moving-picture films.



A. F. COPERSITO.

HREPROOF CASING FOR MOVING PICTURE FILMS.

APPLICATHJN FILED NOV- 8, I915.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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Be it knownthat I, ANTHo vY F. COPER- srro. a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Brooklyn, in the "county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire proof Casings 'for llloving-Picture Films, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention hasfor its object the pro-.

duction of-a fireproof casing for movingpicture hhns in which the reel on whose hub the film is wound itself forms essentially a portion ofthe casing. v

' A further object of my invention is the production of a casing of the character above describedwhichshall be durable'and snnple in construction, offew parts and easily and cheaply manufactured.

As is well known, because-of the inflammable nature of mov ng-picture film-s great care must be taken in shipping or storing the films to prevent their loss by fire as some of them are worth a great deal of could enter.

moneyand are easilydestroyed. w cut it IS customary to ship or store the films after they have been wound on reels, the reelthen being, placed in a separate metal con tainer or casing. llyithe use of my invention a. small and compact casing is produced. the reel itself forming a part-of the casing which is strictly fire-proof and is devoid of any cracks or crevices through which a flame Other and further objects of the invention will appear from the subjoined description;

the invention consisting in the 'novel features andparts and combinations of the same hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is'reprcsented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

In the drawing: Figure 1 represents a front elevation (partly broken away and partly in section) of my'combined reel and fire-proof casing.- Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the reel per-8e showing the lower portion thereof in section.

Referring more particularly to the several figures of the drawing: 1, 1 indicate two metallic imperforate disks joined at their centers, by suitable screws as shown, to the I .15. ,lfica tion of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1915.

the usual opening or 7 adapted to recelve'a shaft on which the reel.

At pres.-

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hub 2 whichina'y be either of metal or of wood with a sheet metalcovering or collar; Eachof the disks 1 is provided with a circular bead extending completely around the disk and adjacent the inwardly flaring. edges l thereof.

The hub 2 and disks 1 are provided with bearing 5 which is s carried. A portion of the hub flis cut away at 6 to form a depression for the screw-eyes T which carry a wire loop 8 to which an end of the flexible tape 9 is fabtenilegih The flexible tape 9 is preferably made of elastic and the buckle 1.0 is fastened to .the other end thereof. When itis desired to w ind .a film 1'1 on the hub *2, an end of thefihn is passed throngl the.buckle 10 which clasps the film and the reel is then re volved on a shaft (not shown) which extends through the bearing 5. The flexible tape 9' carrying the film with it is then wound on the hub 2 and thefihn is wound around the tape as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. It is the practice at present, when it is desired to operator to fasten the end of the film to the hub by inserting his fingers through openings which are cut through the body of one of the disks forming a part of the reel. This is an. awkward and inconvenient operation,

however. and would be impracticable and in fact lll1POSSlbllll the present case as the disks are nnperfora'te tor the reason that wind a film on the hub of areel, for the lOO film 11. Both edges of the band are provided with beads 13- and with flanges 14.

One of the semicircular shaped members forming half of the band 12 is provided with aspring latch '15 whose flange 1s secured to the semi-circular shaped member preferably by the rivets as illustrated. The sprinp latch 15 is provided with a perforation adapted to be engaged by a button 16 whose flange is attached to the other Scmicircular shaped member preferably by suitllO 

